Well, some interesting things happened...none lethal, thank goodness
First: PI FI bosses are a PITA ,esp. when cursed. This spider made me about half of my stashed Full Rejuvs...
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Another screenshot you'd rather not make:
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But, I survived...divide and conquer was the tactics! Stun the minions, run away, let the boss chase me and face him 1 on 1 (or rather 3 on 1).
Then I had the strangest thing happen: I activated the Gidbinn quest, but even after minutes of wandering around and looking for the boss pack, none appeared...the quest item remained greyed out. Has anyone ever experienced that? Not that I needed the reward, but I don't want that to happen in the Spirit tournament (we have to do all quests there...). So if anyone knows what triggers the bug, I'd be glad to know.
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A very fine drop came in early Act III - I was already annoyed because I got chilled/frozen so much, so Hawkmail provided a great opportunity to get CBF. It is certainly better than Sparking Mail, which I used up to that point, or Dark Adherent (I really don't need the +150 Armor partial set bonus
). I inserted a green Jewel with Lightning resist - and voila!
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The resists are courtesy to another Shimmering Grand Charm, so I'm sporting two of those right now
Another funny encounter were the Zealots, who were sealed away in Travincal. Neither they nor I could reach each other, because they spawned in a patch that has no connections to the other area around it. So I had to use Volcano as a ranged attack to kill the pack unless I wanted to forfeit doing full clears.
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The council is, of course, annoyingly fire immune...so I used my up'd Bonesnap and tried to stun them after luring them out one by one. It worked out fine.
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Then there was a scary encounter in the Durance level 2 (I almost forgot how friggin' huge the level is!!!!).
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It's a Dark Lord boss pack with a Dried Corpse boss pack - the Vampire has conviction aura and I was bombarded with Meteors and Fireballs. Thanks to my huge resists and Shockwave (I think I should call Oberon a shockwave druid rather than a FC Druid...it's the skill most crucial to survival) I managed to live through that encounter as well before facing...
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Oh wait, he's already dead? And he left me that?
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Arioc's Needle
Hyperion Spear
Two Hand Damage: 154 - 528
Durability: 16 of 16
Required Level: 81
Required Strength: 145
Required Dexterity: 110
Fingerprint: 0xa31dbfa5
Item Level: 87
Version: Expansion 1.10+
+3 to All Skills
+30% Increased Attack Speed
197% Enhanced Damage
Ignore Target's Defense
Adds 394 Poison Damage Over 10 Secs (250 Frames)
50% Deadly Strike
Ethereal
Now THAT is a nice upgrade over The Meat Scraper...LCS damage of my merc is now 1000-2097 (without HF) or 1170-2272 with HF. He's a killing machine and already proved his worth in Act IV, where he singelhandedly defeated all the FI in the first area while I kept them stunlocked.
The only scary thing in Act IV was a Might+Fana double boss pack and I had to do some hit and run tactic again to pick out the bosses before defeating the mobs. No real threat so far though. But no S/U in Act IV either...
Somehow 3 items eluded my attention: The first Berserker's Hatchet somewhen in early Act I NM (I suppose?), a Magefist from the Sewers in Hell Act II and Tal-Rasha's Lidless Eye, which dropped somewhere in Act II in hell (The cellar probably? It has an ilvl of 80).
Then there were those finds in Act III:
112
Boneflesh #2 (Swampy Pit I)
113
Ormus' Robes #1 (Ice Blast, +15% Fire Damage
(Flayer Jungle)
114
Hawkmail #1 (Flayer Jungle)
115
Tancred's Skull #2 (Lower Kurast)
116
Tabaek's Glory #1 (Sewers I)
117
Messerschmidt's Reaver #1 (Sewers I)
118
Rockstopper #1 (Sewers I)
119
Isenhart's Lightbrand #4 (Upper Kurast)
120
Aldur's Stony Gaze #2 (Travincal)
121
Isenhart's Case #4 (Travincal)
122 eth
Arioc's Needle #1(Mephisto)
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Blood Crescent #1 (Mephisto)
124
Hwanin's Justice #1 (Mephisto)
[HIGHLIGHT]Oberon, level 86 Fire Claws/Shockwave Druid, and Neeraj, the HF merc, Hell River of Flame next. 124 S/Us found in total.[/HIGHLIGHT]
[HIGHLIGHT]Set/Unique Worshippers Leaderboard[/HIGHLIGHT]
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Player: Name: Class: Build: Level: S/U found: Area:
---------------- ------------ ----------- ---------------- ------ ---------- ----------------
jiansonz Viridissima Amazon Valkyrie/CS 87 154 Guardian #1
Grisu Oberon Druid Fire Claws 86 124 Hell Act IV RoF
OldSoldier AndrewNiteTorch Paladin Charge 77 76 Hell Act II Lut Gholein
OldSoldier Brigid_Crane Sorceress Balls of Fire 53 ?? NM Act II Lut Gholein
Dezrok Roland Paladin Avenger 52 40 NM Act II Lut Gholein
PhineasB Quinta Amazon Valk/Passive/? 52 28 NM Act II Lut Gholein
zoo Alexander Paladin Holy Shock 48 51 NM Act I Rogue Camp
Caliph ?? Assassin Dancer ?? ?? NM Act I Rogue Camp
Dazliare Pestilence Druid Rabies 35? >2 Act V Harrogath
Drystan Goldilocks Amazon ?? 32 12 Act IV Panda Fortress
jiansonz Mirex Paladin FoH/Conviction 32 17 Act IV Panda Fortress
ioupainmax Habacalva Sorceress Melee Enchantress 22 3 Act II Dry Hills
GothamsBeard Envy Amazon Elemental Bowzon ?? ??? Act II Lut Gholein
hackedagainanda Conrad Paladin Frost Zealot ?? ??? Act II Lut Gholein
RedTang PaniSuka Sorceress FO/Lightning ?? ??? Act I Outer Cloister
Oakbrain Olyssia Assassin Lightning Trapsin 18 0 Act I Outer Cloister
TwentyMuleTeam TwoHearted Druid Fury 13 0 Act 1 Underground Passage
[HIGHLIGHT]Set/Unique Martyrs[/HIGHLIGHT]
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Player: Name: Class: Build: Level: S/U found: Area:
---------------- ------------ ----------- ---------------- ------ ---------- --------------------
Southpaw8668 Wuzhul Necromancer Skelliemancer 67 ??? NM Act IV Chaos Sanctuary
Wolron Pam Amazon Bowzon 67 78 NM Act IV Diablo
Charlo KulKanta Druid Ele-Summoner 59 28 NM Act III Kurast Sewers
zoo BorisTheBlade Paladin Holy Shock 56 33 NM Act II Ancient Tunnels
Oakbrain Jathnolf Barbarian Berserk/War Cry 54 ??? NM Act II Far Oasis
zoo Jens-Rune Barbarian Whirlwind 51 27 NM Act I Tamoe Highland
Wolron Durbanex Druid Summoner 49 25 NM Act I Dark Tower
LacertaCK Haramis Sorceress Meteorb 49 28 NM Act I The Hole (MSLE)
Skunkbelly NewestSkunk Sorceress FO/FB 34 16 Act IV Diablo
kstuart Chocopower Necromancer Fishymancer 34 9 Act IV Diablo
Charlo Talameer Paladin Thornadin 32 5+ Act IV Diablo